Hi Marc, On 25.05.19 20:42, Marc Haber wrote: > this is what I have in a YAML formatted inventory > > --- > all: > vars: > city: > - Berlin > children: > g_empty: > hosts: > emptybuster: > emptysid: > emptystretch: > city: > - Steglitz > > Is there a more elegant way to do this, or have I reached ansible's > limits? If so, is there a bug report against ansible where I could read > up on the situation?
Well, Ansibles variable system isn't as featureful as e.g. hiera and works mostly with overwrites. I see two possibilities here: 1. Using the a lookup plugin, not inventory variables, e.g. hiera since it supports all kinds of merging https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/plugins/lookup/hiera.html 2. Use a different name for the variables and use set_fact in your playbook/a role to merge them. --- all: vars: _city_all: - Berlin children: g_empty: hosts: emptystretch: city: - Steglitz --- - hosts: all pre_tasks: - set_fact: city: "{{ _city_all + city | default([]) }}" tasks: - debug: var: city HTH, Sebastian -- Sebastian Meyer Linux Consultant & Trainer Mail: [email protected] B1 Systems GmbH Osterfeldstraße 7 / 85088 Vohburg / http://www.b1-systems.de GF: Ralph Dehner / Unternehmenssitz: Vohburg / AG: Ingolstadt,HRB 3537 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/bbaa6af3-5406-a10d-0ed4-f1fa9ddd8644%40b1-systems.de. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
